LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Jake Bauers fouled off three straight pitches from Blake Snell, then hit the 11th of the at-bat for a two-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday night to take a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.
The Dodgers had just gone ahead 2-1 in the sixth on Will Smith's two-run double after Brewers reliever Abner Uribe walked three batters. Garrett Mitchell followed Bauers with a solo homer, and Milwaukee added single runs in the eighth and ninth.
Jackson Chourio started it by homering on the first pitch of the game. Robert Gasser held Los Angeles scoreless through five innings, and DL Hall got the win in relief after stranding both runners following Smith's double. Snell took the loss.
The Brewers are one win from their first World Series in 44 years. In major league history, 42 teams have fallen behind 3-0 in a best-of-seven postseason series, and only the 2004 Red Sox came back to win.
Game 4 is Thursday at 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles.
Source: MLB.com
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